Living World is the bird and small animal brand of the Rolf C. Hagen group, the Canadian company behind Catit, Dogit, Fluval and Exo Terra. It has been building cage furniture and enrichment for companion birds and small pets since 1972, and the range splits cleanly in two: hard goods that go into the cage — perches, seed cups, baths, water bottles, hides, carriers and harnesses — and the Nibblers line of wood and loofah chews.
Choosing a perch — the single most useful thing you can do for a caged bird is give it more than one perch diameter. A bird that grips the same dowel all day loads the same part of its foot every day. The Knot-a-Rope cotton perches are soft and come in three thicknesses, Nature’s Perch is a branched polyresin limb with several diameters in one fitting, and the Pedicure Perch is an abrasive cement perch that wears nails down. Use the Pedicure Perch as one perch among several, never as the only one.
Choosing for a small pet — size the hide and the carrier by the animal rather than by the label. An igloo an animal has to squeeze through will simply be ignored, and a harness is safe only when you can slip two fingers under the strap and no more. Glass water bottles are worth the extra over plastic in a warm climate, because plastic scratches and scratched plastic holds a film that rinsing does not shift.
The Nibblers chews are treats and gnawing surfaces, not a food. Rabbits, guinea pigs and rodents need unlimited hay, fresh water and a complete pellet first; everything in this range sits alongside that.
